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CBS News:
Trump's handling of Russia investigations weighs on approval ratings  —  President Trump's job approval rating has dipped in recent weeks, pushed down by negative reaction to his handling of the Russia investigations, and he's seen some slippage among Republicans as well.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's Not Get Carried Away  —  I was the op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal at the peak of the Whitewater scandal.  We ran a series of investigative pieces “raising serious questions” (as we say in the scandal business) about the nefarious things the Clintons were thought to have done back in Arkansas.
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The White House Press Briefing Is Slowly Dying  —  Over the course of the Trump administration, the White House's daily press briefings have been pared progressively further back; they are now shorter, less frequent, and routinely held off-camera.  —  The daily briefing is a venerable …
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Gabrielle Levy / Associated Press:
Sean Spicer Out as Press Secretary
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Spicer says he doesn't know if Trump believes Russia interfered in 2016 election
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:   Why you should care about increasing secrecy in White House and Senate
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Senate Republicans Haven't Seen Their Health Bill Either  —  Collins, Flake and Toomey not ready to offer support for plan  —  McCain says he hasn't ‘met any American’ who has seen the bill  —  Senate Republicans may be asked to vote on a controversial health-care bill next week …
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David Perry / CNN:
Medicaid works — let's keep it that way
Discussion: Axios, Vox and Washington Post
New York Times:
Georgia's Special Election Comes to a Nail-Biting Finish  —  ATLANTA — Tuesday's runoff between Karen Handel and Jon Ossoff in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District will decide what has become the most expensive House campaign in history — and quite possibly the most consequential special election since Watergate.
Discussion: Fusion and Washington Times
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Shocker!  Daniel Day-Lewis Quits Acting (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Senior Film and Media Editor @BrentALang  —  Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, widely considered one of the preeminent actors of his generation, is retiring from acting, Variety has learned.  —  The 60-year-old star …
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Tim Cook told Trump tech employees are ‘nervous’ about immigration  — Tech employees are “nervous” about the Trump administration's approach on immigration, Tim Cook says.  —  Behind the scenes at the White House tech CEO meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook told President Donald Trump …
Bloomberg:
China Invites Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to Visit Beijing  —  Latest sign of first family's influence on foreign policy  —  Trip later this year could pave way for president's visit  —  China has invited President Donald Trump's daughter and son-in-law to visit later this year …
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Melanie Eversley / USA Today:
Tour group says no more Americans to North Korea after Warmbier's death
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump: China's effort “has not worked out” on North Korea
Discussion: Politico
Zachary Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Nearly 50 flights canceled Tuesday as Phoenix nears 120-degree day … The extreme heat forecast for Phoenix on Tuesday now has caused the cancellation of nearly 50 American Airlines regional airline flights out of Sky Harbor International Airport.  —  According to a statement from American Airlines …
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BBC:   Phoenix flights cancelled because it's too hot for planes
Zachary Hansen / USA Today:
It's so hot in Phoenix, they can't fly planes
Andrew Romano / Yahoo:
Eric Holder joins the anti-Trump resistance — and mulls a presidential campaign of his own … LOS ANGELES — More than two years after leaving the Obama administration, former Attorney General Eric Holder is reentering the political fray.  —  His goal: to lead the legal resistance …
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Secret Government Report: Chelsea Manning Leaks Caused No Real Harm  —  Prosecutors said WikiLeaks' disclosures about Iraq and Afghanistan posed a major threat to US national security.  But it turns out the classified document they cited — newly obtained by BuzzFeed News — said almost the exact opposite.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
FBI Director nominee removed reference to case involving Russian government from law firm bio  — Christopher Wray represented an American energy executive in 2006 who was being criminally investigated by the Russian government.  — The detail, which was included on Wray's biography …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Jill Stein Isn't Sorry  —  Had a few thousand votes in key Midwestern states gone to Hillary Clinton instead of Jill Stein, many on the left believe, America might be having a very different conversation today.  —  Instead, Democrats are still fuming about the role the Green Party nominee …
Discussion: Shakesville and Raw Story
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Ian Mason / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Attorney for Bernie Donor Class Action Calls DNC ‘The Ultimate Ponzi Scheme’
Los Angeles Times:
Bodyguard for well-known alt-right figure stabbed several times in Santa Monica  —  A man who works as a bodyguard for a nationally known figure popular among the alt-right was stabbed multiple times in Santa Monica on Saturday night following a dispute in a parking lot, police said.
Daily Mail:
Brussels central station suicide bomber shot down  — A suspected suicide bomber has blown himself up in the Belgium capital's Central Station tonight  — Shots rang out soon after 9pm as police and soldiers moved in ‘to neutralise a suspect threatening civilians’
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Armed Russian jet comes within 5 feet of US recon jet  —  An armed Russian fighter jet buzzed a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in the Baltic Sea on Monday, two U.S. officials told Fox News.  —  The Russian Su-27 jet had air-to-air missiles under its wings and approached …
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration  —  the myth, which liberals like myself find tempting, is that only the right has changed.  In June 2015, we tell ourselves, Donald Trump rode down his golden escalator and pretty soon nativism, long a feature of conservative politics, had engulfed it.
Discussion: Power Line and Viking Pundit
Cyd Zeigler / Outsports:
Former Patriots and Chiefs tackle Ryan O'Callaghan comes out as gay  —  O'Callaghan had always planned to commit suicide after football, until Kansas City Chiefs staffers stepped in.  —  Editor's note: This story contains conversation and description of suicide.
Suzanna Caldwell / Alaska Dispatch News:
In a Bering Sea battle of killer whales vs. fishermen, the whales are winning  —  In the Bering Sea, near the edge the continental shelf, fishermen are trying to escape a predator that seems to outwit them at every turn, stripping their fishing lines and lurking behind their vessels.
Discussion: The Verge and The Week
Todd Van Luling / HuffPost:
New Moby Video Depicts Donald Trump's Rise And A Violent Demise  —  Moby spoke with HuffPost about activism and becoming a reluctant mouthpiece for anti-Trump intel.  —  Moby believes it is “obvious” the world is “a millimeter away from collapse.”  —  That fearful idea may already be seared …
Washington Post:
New sanctions on Russia and Iran hit House roadblock  —  A bill that passed the Senate last week extending financial sanctions on Russia and Iran and making it more difficult for President Trump to ease Russian sanctions has encountered a major procedural snag, threatening its quick passage into law.
Discussion: Politico, U.S. Department …, RT and NPR
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Franken: Impeaching Trump could lead to ‘zealot’ Pence  —  (D-Minn.) is cautioning his Democratic colleagues that if President Trump is impeached, Vice President Pence would become president and he “would be worse” on domestic issues.  —  “He's ideological, I consider him a zealot,” …
 
 
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Katelyn Polantz / National Law Journal:
Chuck Cooper Confirms: He's AG Jeff Sessions' Lawyer
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Sessions Announces Creation of National Public Safety Partnership to Combat Violent Crime
Discussion: Fox 59, The Daily Caller and IJR
Dylan Wells / ABC News:
Sen. Marco Rubio hugs Ivanka Trump before child tax credit meeting
Greg P. / twitchy.com:
BOMBSHELL: New independent report suggests murder of Seth Rich not random or a robbery, possible ‘hired killer’
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
Democrats Block Witnesses from Testifying in House Intel Probe
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
If Liberals Voted ...  If liberals voted at the same rate …
Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:
Four more cadets arrested as investigation of stolen LAPD cruisers continues
Discussion: KTLA
Tony Lee / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Source Says Megyn Kelly ‘Would Not Be Welcomed Back’ at Fox News
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Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Muslim Teen
Tony Mauro / National Law Journal:
Mueller Recruits Another Lawyer from Solicitor General's Office to Russia Probe
 

 
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